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1 May 2026 – 31 May 2026 · Europe/Madrid

May

  2. Immersive show «The Jury Experience: Diamonds, Lies and a Corpse»

    Sunday, 1 November 2026 17:00Several dates8 dates

    The Jury Experience: Diamonds, Lies and a Corpse turns the audience into an active part of a trial where nothing seems as clear as it did at first. There are no passive spectators here: each person enters the auditorium as a member of the jury and must listen, doubt, interpret and decide the fate of the accused.

    • Auditori L'illa de Barcelona
    • from €25
    • Shows

  3. Immersive show “Al cor del Liceu”

    Saturday, 30 January 2027 11:30Several dates4 dates

    Al cor del Liceu offers a different way to approach opera: less distance, less solemnity and an experience built to feel music from within. This immersive show invites the public into the heart of the choral universe and to discover one of opera’s most powerful and least visible forces.

    • Gran Teatre del Liceu
    • €7.5
    • Shows

  4. Musical performance ‘I Love Rock and Roll’

    Sunday, 11 October 2026 12:00Several dates5 dates

    A passion for rock will reach audiences of all ages with ‘I Love Rock and Roll’, a production combining live music, humour and staging designed for family enjoyment.

    • Teatro Poliorama
    • €10
    • Concerts
    • Shows

  5. “Amazing Michael” show

    Sunday, 4 April 2027 12:00Several dates5 dates

    “Amazing Michael” is a show designed to share with the family and reconnect with the legacy of one of the most influential artists in the history of music.

    • Teatro Poliorama
    • €10
    • Shows

  6. Series «Following the sun. Uncovering the gaze»

    Saturday, 17 October 2026 12:00Several dates6 dates

    At Museu Tàpies, looking ceases to be an automatic gesture and becomes a practice. In its third edition, «Following the sun. Uncovering the gaze» proposes an uncomfortable yet necessary exercise: dismantling what is taken for granted.

    • Museu Tàpies (Fundaciò Antoni Tapies)
    • €5
    • Festivals and fiestas

  7. Concert «Candlelight: Tribute to Ed Sheeran»

    Saturday, 24 October 2026 17:00Several dates18 dates

    «Candlelight: Tribute to Ed Sheeran» offers a different listening experience of a widely known repertoire. Far from large stages, his songs are reinterpreted in string-quartet format, in a setting where closeness and dim light alter the perception of each piece.

    • Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona
    • €27.5
    • Concerts

  8. Concert «Candlelight: Tribute to Phil Collins»

    Sunday, 11 October 2026 19:00Several dates16 dates

    In the golden silence that precedes the music, a recognisable melody begins to vibrate. «Candlelight: Tribute to Phil Collins» revives the essence of the legendary British musician in an intimate format, where candlelight and string harmonies intertwine to pay tribute to one of the most iconic voices of recent decades.

    • Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona
    • from €31.5
    • Concerts

  9. Performance «Ballet of Lights: Cinderella in a Dazzling Show»

    Sunday, 4 October 2026 16:00Several dates14 dates

    The story of Sleeping Beauty awakens again, this time on a stage where classical dance meets the most astonishing lighting technology. «Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty» is much more than a show: it is a sensory experience that transforms the familiar tale into an unprecedented visual universe.

    • Auditori L'illa de Barcelona
    • from €21
    • Shows

  10. «Ballet of Lights: Cinderella» show

    Sunday, 4 October 2026 16:00Several dates17 dates

    Cinderella has never shone so brightly. The classic tale comes to new life in «Ballet of Lights: Cinderella», a stage experience that fuses the elegance of ballet with the magic of light. After the international success of «Peter Pan», the company returns with a proposal that dazzles with its originality and beauty.

    • Centro comercial «L'illa Diagonal»
    • from €21
    • Shows

  11. “Candlelight: Tribute to Coldplay” concert

    Friday, 2 October 2026 21:00Several dates25 dates

    Discover the magic of Coldplay under soft candlelight in an unparalleled setting with “Candlelight: Tribute to Coldplay”, to be held in Barcelona’s iconic Sant Francesc de Sales. This concert, performed by the talented pianist Laura Andrés, invites you to immerse yourself in the melodies and lyrics that have made Coldplay an icon of contemporary music.

    • Parroquia de San Francisco de Sales
    • €28
    • Concerts

  13. Concert “Candlelight: Tribute to Mecano”

    Sunday, 25 October 2026 21:00Several dates22 dates

    The spirit of Mecano will shine again in Barcelona with “Candlelight: Tribute to Mecano”, an intimate concert where candlelight and live music come together to create an unrepeatable experience. On an iconic stage in the city, the Manfred Quartet will perform, in string quartet format, some of the most emblematic songs by the legendary Spanish group.

    • Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona
    • €27
    • Concerts

  14. Concert «Candlelight: Tributo a Queen»

    Friday, 16 October 2026 19:00Several dates23 dates

    Immerse yourself in a sublime evening under the soft light of hundreds of candles with «Candlelight: Tributo a Queen», to be held in the Sala Petit Palau of Palau de la Música Catalana. This concert, performed by the renowned Manfred Quartet, will transform Queen’s timeless anthems into string masterpieces, creating an immersive and deeply moving experience.

    • Església del Sagrat Cor
    • from €19
    • Concerts

  15. Concert «Candlelight: Tribute to Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons»

    Saturday, 28 November 2026 21:00Several dates24 dates

    Immerse yourself in a universe of emotions with «Candlelight: Tribute to Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons», a musical battle between two giants of modern pop rock under the warmth and charm of candlelight. This concert, performed by Manfred Quartet, promises an unforgettable night in which the anthems of both bands will resonate in the most spectacular corners of Barcelona.

    • Palau de la Música Catalana
    • from €19
    • Concerts

  18. Port Flea Market

    Sunday, 11 October 2026 11:00Several dates11 dates

    Port Olímpic is once again filled with fashion, design and atmosphere with a new edition of Port Flea, the market that turns the search for vintage treasures into a true summer plan. This year it premieres a location at Moll de Gregal, where one hundred stalls will be set up entirely in the shade so that the experience can be enjoyed more comfortably even in the height of August.

    • Moll de Gregal
    • Free
    • Fairs

  19. «Los 22 del Market» Market

    Sunday, 18 October 2026 11:00Several dates29 dates

    In the vibrant heart of Barcelona, «Los 22 del Market» will premiere, an unmissable event for second-hand and vintage enthusiasts.

    • Espacio «SouLivre»
    • €1
    • Fairs

  20. Concert «Candlelight: Tribute to Hans Zimmer»

    Sunday, 15 November 2026 21:00Several dates19 dates

    A tribute to Hans Zimmer comes to Barcelona with a musical experience at the Petit Palau of Palau de la Música Catalana. The concert offers a journey through the celebrated composer’s compositions in an instrumental format performed by the «Manfred Quartet» string quartet. A unique opportunity to enjoy the magic of cinema through its music.

    • Palau de la Música Catalana
    • from €19
    • Concerts

  21. “Candlelight: Tribute to Joan Manuel Serrat” concert

    Saturday, 10 October 2026 17:00Several dates25 dates

    The Petit Palau at the Palau de la Música Catalana will host a very special concert: Candlelight: Tribute to Joan Manuel Serrat. Under the light of hundreds of candles, the audience will be able to rediscover some of the Barcelona singer-songwriter’s most emblematic songs in an intimate and moving format.

    • Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona
    • €27.5
    • Concerts

  22. “Candlelight: Tribute to Ludovico Einaudi” Concert

    Friday, 23 October 2026 19:00Several dates33 dates

    The Parroquia de San Francisco de Sales de Barcelona will become a magical stage for “Candlelight: Tribute to Ludovico Einaudi”. In this special concert, talented pianists Mateu Peramiquel and Launra Andrés will perform the most moving works of the celebrated Italian composer, all in an intimate atmosphere lit only by soft candlelight.

    • Parroquia de San Francisco de Sales
    • €32.5
    • Concerts

  23. Fluorescent painting and wine workshop «Art & Wine»

    Friday, 5 June 2026 Several dates2 dates

    «Art & Wine» proposes more than a creative afternoon: it offers a luminous pause in which time seems to stretch between brushes, neon and glasses of wine. In this workshop, designed for everyone—from those who have never held a brush to those looking for a place to switch off—the experience begins in a room bathed in fluorescent colours that awaken the imagination almost immediately.

    • Academia Talantón
    • €29

  24. Musical show «Els Ratolinets Pérez»

    Saturday, 3 October 2026 16:30Several dates67 dates

    The musical show Els Ratolinets Pérez offers a new look at one of the most popular characters in children’s imagination. Through original songs, humour and adventures, the story follows the Pérez siblings on a journey that transforms the classic tale into an experience full of surprises designed for young children.

    • Teatre Sala Pangolí
    • €15
    • Shows

  25. Show ‘Érase una vez los 80’

    Sunday, 6 September 2026 Several dates27 dates

    In Érase una vez los 80, Jorge Santini invites the audience to board a time machine made of laughter and memories. In this endearing monologue, the comedian looks back with irony and tenderness at a decade that marked an entire generation: the years of cassette tapes, Nocilla sandwiches and endless afternoons in front of the living-room television.

    • Teatreneu
    • €18
    • Shows

  26. Show Ya me has tocado el cuento

    Saturday, 10 October 2026 23:00Several dates15 dates

    From the irreverent universe of No me toques el cuento comes Ya me has tocado el cuento, a comedy that gives the classic story an unexpected twist and puts the focus, this time, on the princes.

    • Teatro Poliorama
    • €12.5
    • Shows

  28. Exhibition “The cult of beauty”

    Thursday, 21 May 2026 Long run

    “The cult of beauty” explores a question that runs through eras and cultures: what we understand by beauty and why we continue to pursue it. The exhibition proposes a journey from antiquity to the present to observe how aesthetic ideals have been constructed and what forces have intervened in defining them.

    • Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
    • €6
    • Exhibitions

  29. Exhibition «Ricard Viñes a París. Diari d'un pianista»

    Thursday, 28 May 2026 Long run

    The exhibition Ricard Viñes a París. Diari d'un pianista invites visitors to discover the career of one of the most influential Catalan musicians of his time through an intimate and unusual perspective: the pages of his personal diary. The tour follows Ricard Viñes from his arrival in Paris in 1887, when he was barely twelve years old, to his consolidation as an essential figure in European musical life.

    • Museu de la Música. L’Auditori
    • €6
    • Exhibitions

  30. Visit «La Pedrera & Palau de la Música Catalana»

    Friday, 29 May 2026 09:00Long run

    La Pedrera & Palau de la Música Catalana brings together two buildings that forever changed the way architecture is understood in Barcelona. The experience combines a visit to La Pedrera, Antoni Gaudí’s freest and most monumental work, with a tour of the Palau de la Música Catalana, the great modernist fantasy created by Lluís Domènech i Montaner.

    • Casa Milà — La Pedrera
    • from €42
    • Day trips

  31. Visit «La Pedrera & Sant Pau Modernist Site»

    Thursday, 1 October 2026 09:00Several dates5 dates

    La Pedrera & Sant Pau Modernist Site brings together in one experience two of the most extraordinary works of Catalan Modernism. On the one hand, the sculptural power of La Pedrera, where Antoni Gaudí transformed stone, iron and light into almost impossible architecture. On the other, the monumental delicacy of the Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau, Lluís Domènech i Montaner’s great hospital project conceived as a garden city devoted to wellbeing and beauty.

    • Casa Milà — La Pedrera
    • from €42
    • Day trips

  32. Visit «La Pedrera & Teatre-Museu Dalí»

    Friday, 29 May 2026 09:00Long run

    La Pedrera & Teatre-Museu Dalí proposes a journey between two creative universes that transformed art into far more than an aesthetic matter. The experience joins La Pedrera, Antoni Gaudí's most visionary work, with Teatre-Museu Dalí, the great surrealist laboratory conceived by Salvador Dalí in the heart of Figueres.

    • Casa Milà — La Pedrera
    • from €44.5
    • Day trips

  33. «Mystical cocktails at Alquimia: astral cocktails and mystical experience» experience

    Monday, 1 June 2026 Recurring sessions2 dates

    Mystical cocktails at Alquimia: astral cocktails and mystical experience proposes a night in which cocktails and the esoteric universe blend at the same bar. In the heart of Eixample, Alquimia transforms the ritual of having a cocktail into a sensory experience shaped by cards, symbols and small intuitions that are impossible to explain completely.

    • Bar «Química»
    • from €13

  34. Mercado Todo for €1 and €2

    Sunday, 4 October 2026 10:00Several dates64 dates

    This is the quirkiest and cheapest market in Barcelona, with everything for just €2 or less. Take advantage of the best deals in Barcelona!

    • Taberna «L'Ovella Negra Marina»
    • Free
    • Fairs

  35. Exhibition “L'entrada a un bosc”

    Friday, 15 May 2026 Long run

    The exhibition L'entrada a un bosc offers a reflection on memory, absence and alternative ways of remembering. Curated by Marc Navarro, this show forms part of the series Digues, cosa. Joan Brossa i els poemes objecte and takes as its starting point two object poems created by Joan Brossa which, far from the solemnity of traditional monuments, propose a more intimate and critical way of relating to the past.

    • Fundació Joan Brossa
    • Free
    • Exhibitions

  36. Visit the Mirador del CCCB

    Sunday, 25 October 2026 10:00Several dates34 dates

    Throughout the year, the Mirador del CCCB opens its doors to the public on special dates, offering an unparalleled view of Barcelona. This free space is perfect for enjoying the city from above, stretching from the sea to the mountains.

    • Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
    • Free
    • Day trips

  38. “Matter Matters. Designing with the World” exhibition

    Friday, 21 March 2025 No end date

    The “Matter Matters. Dissenyar amb el món” exhibition at Disseny Hub Barcelona offers a profound reflection on the challenges of contemporary design and its relationship with ecology and geopolitics.

    • Disseny Hub Barcelona
    • €6.2
    • Exhibitions

  39. Exhibition “Invisible animals: myth, life, extinction, de-extinction”

    Saturday, 17 May 2025 No end date

    The Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona presents “Animals Invisibles”. Designed for all kinds of audiences, the exhibition invites visitors to discover real, extinct, legendary and imaginary creatures.

    • Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
    • from €4.5
    • Exhibitions

  40. «Antarctica Experience» immersive exhibition

    Thursday, 31 July 2025 No end date

    The immersive Antarctica Experience exhibition brings audiences closer to one of the planet’s most remote territories through images, sound and audiovisual technology. The project was created by Luc Jacquet, director of March of the Penguins and an Oscar winner, after years of work on the Antarctic continent.

    • Grand Immersive Gallery — GIGA
    • €11.9
    • Exhibitions

  41. “Figueres, Dalí and Girona” excursion

    Tuesday, 10 November 2026 Several dates3 dates

    Discovering Girona and Figueres in a single day means glimpsing two different worlds that nonetheless share the same cultural intensity. This excursion invites you to leave Barcelona behind and venture first into Girona's medieval serenity, then into the territory where Salvador Dalí transformed reality into a stage of his own.

    • La Estació del Nord
    • from €4
    • Day trips

  42. Cocktail-making workshop and boat tour from Barcelona

    Sunday, 16 November 2025 15:30Long run

    A cocktail-making workshop can be fun; doing it while sailing off Barcelona turns it into a memorable experience. This proposal combines two pleasures that rarely coincide: the Mediterranean unfolding just metres away and the opportunity to learn to prepare cocktails from an expert, in a small and carefully curated setting.

    • Marina Vela Barcelona, Moll de Nord, berth 69
    • from €4

  43. «Solo Piano» Concert

    Saturday, 5 September 2026 Several dates2 dates

    «Solo Piano» is an invitation to stop time. Every Saturday, from 20:30 onwards, composer and pianist Luis de Arquer opens the doors of his own home to turn it into the setting for an intimate, delicate and almost secret evening. There, at El Teatre Més Petit del Món, music regains the proximity of old chamber concerts: the sound arrives unfiltered, just a few metres from the performer, and the experience becomes deeply personal.

    • El Teatre més Petit del Món
    • from €20
    • Concerts

  44. Exhibition «The Invention of Time»

    Thursday, 1 October 2026 Recurring sessions4 dates

    What is time and why do we feel it in such different ways? The exhibition The Invention of Time invites us to pause and look directly at one of the most elusive and decisive concepts of human experience. Through a journey that combines science and culture, the exhibition proposes thinking of time not only as a quantity that is measured, but as a construction that is lived, remembered and imagined.

    • Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
    • €6.5
    • Exhibitions

  45. Experience «Sunset from the sea with music and a Copa de Bienvenida»

    Friday, 2 January 2026 16:00Several dates2 dates

    Barcelona can be discovered in a different way when the sun begins to descend over the horizon. The experience «Sunset from the sea with music and a welcome drink» invites you to experience the city from an exclusive catamaran, sailing along the coast while the warm light of twilight transforms the landscape.

    • Catamaran TurTur BIGSPACE
    • from €5
    • Exhibitions

  47. «Solo Chopin» concert

    Thursday, 10 September 2026 Several dates5 dates

    Enter the magic of musical Romanticism with «Solo Chopin», a sublime concert experience that transports you to the private salons where Frédéric Chopin used to delight his contemporaries. This unique event, led by the talented pianist and composer Luis de Arquer, takes place at the welcoming Teatre més Petit del Món, a space that recreates the intimacy and elegance of those 19th-century musical gatherings.

    • El Teatre més Petit del Món
    • from €20
    • Concerts

  48. Exhibition “Joan Miró: ‘Circles’”

    Friday, 13 March 2026 Long run

    The exhibition Joan Miró: Circles proposes discovering the Catalan artist's work through a simple but recurring form in his creative universe: the circle. Rather than following a chronological route, the exhibition uses this element as a starting point to connect works from different moments in his career.

    • Fundació Joan Miró
    • €18
    • Exhibitions

  49. Show «No me toques el cuento»

    Saturday, 3 October 2026 23:00Several dates29 dates

    What happens when the curtain falls and “they lived happily ever after” no longer sounds so convincing? «No me toques el cuento» offers a sharp and very funny look at that universe of princesses everyone thinks they know. The show comes to Teatre Poliorama to dismantle the myths of the traditional fairy tale with humour and cheek.

    • Teatro Poliorama
    • €9
    • Concerts

  54. Concert «A. Vivaldi—The Four Seasons and more»

    Sunday, 1 November 2026 17:30Several dates6 dates

    Inside the Baroque basilica of Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced, music takes on a different dimension. The concert «A. Vivaldi — The Four Seasons and more» offers an hour-long journey through some of the most recognisable pieces in the classical repertoire, performed by the Barcelona Classic Orchestra.

    • Basílica de la Mercè
    • €20
    • Concerts

  55. ‘Inexplicable’ performance, with Manu Llari

    Sunday, 4 October 2026 Several dates4 dates

    In ‘Inexplicable’, illusionist Manu Llari offers a show that plays with the limits of what is taken for granted. Far from traditional magic, his staging combines technique, rhythm and closeness to create an experience in which every detail matters.

    • Teatreneu
    • €17
    • Shows

  59. ‘Llano de Barcelona 2026-2035’ Model and ‘making of’ Exhibition

    Saturday, 14 February 2026 Long run

    The Llano de Barcelona 2026-2035 model turns the city into a territory that can be observed, explored and understood at a glance. Printed entirely in 3D, this large-format piece is not only an urban representation: it is a tool for thinking about Barcelona on the scale of detail and, at the same time, from the metropolitan perspective.

    • Antiga Seu Editorial Gustavo Gili
    • Free
    • Exhibitions

  60. Exhibition «La fraternidad de las metáforas - Jean-Luc Godard»

    Saturday, 28 March 2026 Long run

    The series «La fraternidad de las metáforas – Jean-Luc Godard» offers an unusual immersion in the work of one of the filmmakers who has pushed the limits of audiovisual language the furthest. It is not only about revisiting his films, but about entering his way of thinking about cinema.

    • La Virreina Centre de la Imatge
    • Free
    • Exhibitions
    • Cinema

  62. Exhibition «Catalan mythology»

    Friday, 13 November 2026 10:00Several dates7 dates

    The exhibition «Catalan mythology» invites visitors to rediscover an imaginary world of its own that for years has taken a back seat to other European mythic traditions. The display recovers tales and characters born of oral transmission across Catalan territory and places them in dialogue with the great worlds of contemporary fantasy, demonstrating the relevance of these stories in today’s culture.

    • Free
    • Exhibitions

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